Devon Murray confirmed for LeakyCon Portland 2013

Potter actor Devon Murray who plays Seamus Finnigan will officially be attending LeakyCon Portland this June. He will be there along with Scarlett Byrne (Pansy Parkinson) and Ellie Darcey-Alden (young Lily Evans).

This is especially exciting because it will be Devon's first time attending LeakyCon! Most of us here at MuggleNet will be attending the event, and we can't wait to welcome him!

You can see the entire special guest list for LeakyCon Portland here.It's not too late to buy tickets for Portland's Basic Registration or Basic Registration and LeakyCon Lit. LeakyCon Portland takes place from June 27th to the 30th. LeakyCon London takes place from August 8th through August 11th.

Will we see you at either convention this summer? Who are you most excited to see? Let us know below!

LeakyCon announces confirmed guests to both Portland and London conventions this Summer

In a recent barage of tweets and announcements, we are pleased to echo the excitement of LeakyCon staff as they have just announced the guests that are confirmed to date for the LeakyCon Portland convention taking place June 27th through the 30th at the American Pacific Northwest and LeakyCon London, which takes place August 8th through 11th at the Grand Connaught Rooms.

Here is the list of who will be attending London:

• Alfie Enoch (Dean Thomas)
• Chris Rankin (Percy Weasley)
• Author Elizabeth Wein (Code Name Verity)
• MinaLima (Graphic Artist for the Potter films)
• Ryan Turner (Hugo Weasley)
• Ellie Darcey-Alden (Young Lily Evans)
• Scarlett Byrne (Pansy Parkinson)
• Evanna Lynch (Luna Lovegood)
• Many more authors and Musical talents will be joining in the fun

At Portland:

• Scarlett Byrne (Pansy Parkinson)
• MinaLima (Graphic Artist for the Potter films)
• Ellie Darcey-Alden (Young Lily Evans)

There will be more announcements in the coming weeks. If you have not registered for either of these conventions, you can do so RIGHT HERE!

Many of the MuggleNet Staff will be attending these conventions and we hope to see you there. Will you be joining us? Let us know in the comments below.

LeakyCon Confirms Cast Of The Very StarKid Event at Portland

After a brief campaign across their social media profiles, LeakyCon has revealed the Team StarKid members due to appear in the Very StarKid Event at the Portland convention this summer.

Alongside the twelve StarKids names, LeakyCon has confirmed that the event will be similar to the previous performance in 2011 at the Orlando convention, featuring songs from entire Very Potter Musical catalog in 'a casual, intimate setting'.

LeakyCon Portland is taking place on June 27th to 30th at the Oregon Convention Center. Register for the convention here.

Are you attending LeakyCon? Excited for the Team StarKid event? Let us know in the comments section below.

First wave of LeakyCon Lit Portland authors announced

With less than 100 days until LeakyCon Portland, the first wave of special guest authors to attend this year's LeakyCon Lit in Portland has been announced! The names are as follows:

• Leigh Bardugo (The Grisha Trilogy)
• Coe Booth (Tyrell, Bronxwood, & Kendra
• Heather Brewer (The Chronicles of Vladmir Tod & The Slayer Chronicles)
• Andrea Cremer (Nightshade trilogy)
• Matt De La Pena (Ball Don't Lie)
• Lev Grossman (The Magicians)
• Emily Jenkins (Disreputable History & Real Live Boyfriends)
• David Levithan (Boy Meets Boy & Every Day)
• Barry Lyga (The Astonishing Adventures of Fanboy and Goth Girl & I Hunt Killers)
• Lauren Myracle (Internet Girl series & Flower Power series)
• Stephanie Perkins (Anna and the French Kiss & Lola and the Boy Next Door)
• Laini Taylor (Lips Touch: Three Times & The Daughter of Smoke and Bone trilogy)

This is the third year that LeakyCon Lit will take place. The co-directors are authors Maureen Johnson and Robin Wasserman. We will keep you updated when the next wave of auhtors is announced.

LeakyCon Portland runs from June 27th to the 30th at The Oregon Convention Center and LeakyCon London is from August 8th to the 11th in The Grand Connaught Rooms.Registration for LeakyCon Portland is still available!

Are you registered to attend LeakyCon Portland or London? How excited are you? Who are you most looking forward to seeing? Let us know below!

Dan Radcliffe apologized to Robbie Coltrane for Phone Prank

Daniel Radcliffe’s tendency to prank his fellow Harry Potter cast-mates often added levity to the set, but there was at least one time when his antics went a little too far.

Reportedly, Robbie Coltrane, who portrayed Hagrid in the films, was once a victim of a prank where the young actor changed the settings on his friend’s phone from English to Turkish. The joke seems harmless enough—except that Coltrane was left unable to make calls!

The infuriated actor had a hard time finding anyone on set who could change the settings of his phone back to English, and Radcliffe was left feeling understandably sheepish about what he had done. Coltrane remembers the event clearly:

Eventually we found a girl in the Harry Potter make-up department who was Turkish Cypriot. She phoned her mum and was chatting away in great detail until they sorted it out. I think Daniel was so upset at what had happened that he wrote me that note...'Dear Mr. Coltrane, I'm sorry I changed your mobile telephone into Turkish...

Have you ever been part of a prank gone too far? Let us know in the comments!

LeakyCon Portland registration opens today, update on LeakyCon London

According to their official Twitter account, registration for LeakyCon 2013 Portland will open today (Saturday, September 22, 2012), at noon PST.

Hotel information will be released next week.

Additionally, starting at 6 p.m. London time (1 p.m. Eastern), LeakyCon will be allowing, in order, those who were in the process of finalizing their London registrations when the system broke to get into their new system and finish them. When the last 100 have been finalized the rest of the list will be added to the registration waiting list, and consequently the waiting list will be opened to the public.

For more information on the London convention, including the RockStar waiting list, click here.

LeakyCon 2013 in Portland will be from June 27-30 at the Oregon Convention Center while LeakyCon 2013 London will be August 8-11 at the Grand Connaught Rooms.